The Son
The Son

The Son

Director Joseph Cohen

Production year 2012

Length 19min.

Country Israel

SYNOPSIS

Salim and Katia live in an abandoned house by the side of the freeway.  Without running water or electricity they cannot support their newborn baby. Left with no choice, they decide to give away their only son for adoption.

CAST & CREW

Joseph Cohen
Joseph Cohen

Director

Producer(s)

Joseph Cohen, Reut Klein

Script

Joseph Cohen

Director of Photography

Hagi Ben Kuzary

Music by

Mitch Kleiman

Edit

Edan Schiller

Cast

Shady Srour, Karin Serrouya, Ayalon Etzion, Ron Feldman, Stephen D Root, Osnat Kashy

Production company(ies)

Sapir College, The Film & Television School

Joseph Cohen

While working as a freelance photographer and journalist, Cohen has been documenting many different people and ways of life. After studying history and philosophy at the Tel Aviv University, he moved to Sderot to study film at Sapir College. The Son is his thesis film.


Filmography

The Son (2012, short).

FILMS 2013